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Syk Pike

Sick Of Myself

Original name: Syk Pike
English name: Sick Of Myself
Year: 2022
Run time: 95 Minutes
Language: Norwegian
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Norway, Sweden
Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Producers: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Dyveke Bjørkly Graver
Cast: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther
Screenplay: Kristoffer Borgli
Cinematographer: Benjamin Loeb
Editor: Kristoffer Borgli
Sound Designer: Gustaf Berger
Music Composer: Turns
Production Company: Oslo Pictures
World Sales: Memento International

Festivals:

  • Cannes Un Certain Regard 2022
  • Melbourne IFF 2022
  • New Zealand IFF 2022
  • Riga IFF 2022

Director’s Selected Filmography:

  • 2017 Drib
  • 2018 A Place We Call Reality (Short)
  • 2020 Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time (Short)

Director's Biography:

Kristoffer Borgli

Kristoffer Borgli grew up in a small suburb outside of Oslo, where skateboarding and making videos dominated his youth. His wrote and directed his debut feature, DRIB premiered at SXSW in 2017 - a fiction/documentary hybrid, a satirical take on advertising industry that re-enacts the story of a failed violent marketing scheme for a fictitious well-known energy drink. In 2018, his short film, A Place We Call Reality received the Norwegian Film Critic Association Award for Best Short of the year. His short film, Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time (2020) was an official selection for Sundance.

Synopsis:

Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy.